Tutorial Task 6 - Essay Research

The question that interests me is “What are the uses/limits of the internet in terms of politics and/or democracy? Should we rethink the nature of the political? What happens to the nation/state in the age of networks that have the potential to span thewhole planet? What has happened to the idea of "community" in the age of networked digital media? Discuss with an example.”
I found some references that relate to this question:
1. The Internet and Political Transformation: Populism, Community, and Accelerated Pluralism
http://files.posterous.com/jonadon/e6YK3PBEHchgB5aABNJ7DqymCRKOsXDUli0Sius6WNiJllbJRsCnQZSYJ6A8/1998_The_Internet_and_Poli.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1C9REJR1EMRZ83Q7QRG2&Expires=1260176195&Signature=19VNXnKJAUeRq664hdTVPQu1E6c%3D
this artical is about the Internet has already acquired political significance, as increasing numbersof citizens use it to learn about government policies and actions, discussissues with one another, contact elected officials, and obtain voter registrationmaterials and other information that can facilitate more active participation inpolitics.
2. Cyberpolitics: Citizen Activism in the Age of the Internet
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=551242
this artical is about "Cyberpolitics" goes beyond the hype to analyze the content of political discussion on the Internet and to see how the Internet is being used politically.
3. Technological Empowerment: The Internet, State, and Society in China
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1564953
this artical argues that the Internet has brought about new dynamics of socio-political changes in China, and that state power and social forces are transforming in Internet-mediated public space.
4. The Internet, Public Spheres, and PoliticalCommunication: Dispersion and Deliberation
http://www.cblt.soton.ac.uk/multimedia/PDFs/Internet,%20public%20spheres,%20political%20communication.pdf
this artical is about the theme of the Internet and the public sphere now has a permanent place onresearch agendas and in intellectual inquiry; it is entering the mainstream of politicalcommunication studies.
5. Assessing the Potential of Internet Political Participation in the United States
http://apr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/5/476
this artical focus on access has important theoretical limitations.